Senate roll call 413 · 111th Congress · Jan 28, 2010
Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years
On Jan 28, 2010, the Senate voted 70–30 on “On the Nomination” (PN 959). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 48–11, Republicans 22–18, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 members voted against their own party.
During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Nomination Confirmed
- Yes
- 70
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Jan 28, 2010
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats48 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Mark Begich D-AK voted no
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
- Edward E. (Ted) Kaufman D-DE voted no
- George S. Lemieux R-FL voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- James Risch R-ID voted no
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
- David Vitter R-LA voted no
- Al Franken D-MN voted no
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
- Jeff Merkley D-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter D-PA voted no
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI voted no
- James W. Demint R-SC voted no
- John Thune R-SD voted no
- John Cornyn R-TX voted no
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted no
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Roland Burris D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul G. Kirk Jr. D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Edward E. (Ted) Kaufman D-DE
- George S. Lemieux R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Al Franken D-MN
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Arlen Specter D-PA
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- James W. Demint R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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